Watch-homer



A. MlLNE.

WATCH HOLDER.

APPLICATION ,FILED JAN. 30. 1919.

1,399,65, Patented July 15, 1919.

entrain snares Parana @JHJBKQE ALEXANDER MILNE, 0F NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

WATCH-HOLDER.

supporting devices designed especially for use with an automobile orsimilar vehicle,

for the purpose of supporting a watch in a position such that it may bereadily seen by the operator, although my improved supporting device maybe used to support a watch in any place where it is desirable toaccomplish that and;

The object of my invention is to provide an improved ,watch supportingdevice in which the watch will be supported in such a way that 'itcannot be removed therefrom, 7

vide a watch holding device made up of two ported, a distance such thatthe watch may parts, each formed from a single piece of sheet metal bysuitable die-shaping or equivalent operations; the holder being formedentirely from the two casing sections referred to, and the same havin noauxiliary parts or elements separate t lerefrom but secured to andfornrin a part thereof.

A further object, o my invention is to provide a watch holding devicemade from two pieces of sheet metal properly shaped as above referred toand in which the watch when in place in the holder will be held in frontof the dash board of the vehicle, or other structure whereby the watchis supbe readily wound or set in the manner in which those ends areordinarily accomplished in an ordinary stem-winding watch.

With the above and other objects in view, my invention consists in theimproved watch holding device illustrated in the accompanying drawingand hereinafter described and claimed, and in such variations andmodifications thereof as will be obvious to those Specification ofLetters Patent.

Patented July 15, 11919,.

Application filed January 30, 1919. Serial No. 274,005. I 4

skilled in the art to which my invention reladies;

In the drawing accompanying and forming a part of this specification andwherein the preferred embodiment of my invention is illustrated:

Figure 1 is a view showing my improved watch-holding device inelevation, and secured to a suitable support;

Fig. 2 is a view showing a section upon a plane indicated by the line22, Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a view showing the cover portion of my improved watch holdingdevice in perspective;

. Fig. 4 is a View showing the base portion thereof also in perspective;and

Flg. 5 is a view showing a slightly modified form of base.

Referring now to the drawing, the base portion or section of my improvedwatch holding device is shown in F "ig. 4, the same being formed from asingle piece of sheet metal by suitable die shaping, spinning, or otherwell known processes in common use in shaping sheet metal articles.

The base portion or section above referred to comprises a front end wall6 of dished or cup-shape form, whereby a watch-receiving cavityindicated by the reference numeral 7, Fig. i. is provided; the form ofsuch cavity being substantially the same as the form of the rear half ofa wamh case, although it will be appreciated that the shape of thecavity does not have to be in exact conformity with that of the watchcase, the holder being of course capable of use with any kind of a watchthe size of which is such that it may be held in place therein, theoutline of the watch not necessarlly being such that contact occursbetween the entire area thereof and the cavity or recess in which it isheld.

Extending rearwardly from the front end or rim 8 of the base is aconical portion designated by the reference numeral 9 the depth orhelght of which is such that a watch supported within the cavity 7 willbe held out and in front of the support to which the watch is secured adistance such that the support to which the holder is secured, and

is there preferably'provided with a peripherally extending flangeindicated by the reference numeral 10, Fig. 4..

Fig. 3 shows the cover portion or section of my improved watch holdlngdevice, the same being also made from a single piece of sheet metal bysuitable shaping operations performed thereupon. This cover portion isprovided with a peripherally extending flange 11 which overlies andrests upon the flange 10 of the base when the parts are as-' togetherproperly. The operation of theholder, however, 1s in no way dependentupon a space between the conical portions of the casing sections thereofabove referred to.

The outer or forward end of the cover portion or section is providedwith an inwardly turned bezel engaging ring 13, of a form correspondingapproximately with the bezel of a watch, and which ring is adapted toengage the watch and thereby hold it in place within the holder.

The watch receiving cavity 7 and the interior of the bezel engaging ring13 are preferably lined with cloth or other material to thereby providea slight cushioning effect, and to hold the watch in place without ametal to metal contact between the interior of the holder and the casingof the watch, as indicated by the reference numerals 14c, 15; and theconical portions of the base and of the cover are cut away, as indicatedat 16, 17, to thereby provide an opening.through which the stem of thewatch extends.

In view of the premises it will be appreciated that when the base andcover portions 'of the holder are assembled in the manner shown in Figs.1 and 2, with their peripheral base flanges in contact, the holder as awhole may be secured to a suitable support by means of screws 18; and itwill be appreciated that while the watch may be wound and set while itremains in position within the holder, it is impossible to remove thesame from the holder without removing the fastening screws. Thisprovides a holder which is practically secure against theft of thewatch, as the same may be removed only by disassembling the holder byremoving the holding screws.

It will be appreciated that the peripherally extending base flange 11 ofthe cover portion of the holder lies in substantially the rsoaeea sameplane as the rear end of the base portion and'overlies a similarperipherally extending flange of the base, in the form of my inventionillustrated in Figs. 2, 3 and 4. The flange of the base, however, may beomitted should it be deemed desirable to do so, and Fig. 5 shows a formof base section in which the flange is in fact not present. This form ofbase mayobviously be used and assembled with the same cover as the formof base shown in Fig. 4; the meeting conical portions of the twosections serving to hold the base in proper relation with the cover andthe watch in place notwithstanding the absence of a flange at the rearend of the base.

This last-mentioned form of my invention will be equally secure againstsurreptitious removal of the watch as the form first described, as thebase will be entirely inclosed in the cover section, and the coversection will be held to a dash board or other support by screws inprecisely the same manner as indicated in Figs. 1 and 2; there being inthis last-mentioned case, however, no flange of the base lying betweenthe flange of the cover and the support to which the holder is secured.It willbe appreciated that while in the above description I havereferred to screws for holding the watch holder to a dash or instrumentsupporting board of the vehicle, bolts, and in fact any suitable type offastening members, may be used; the particular fastening membersemployed being chosen with a View to providing securing means which willofl'er as great security against removal as possible, in order to moreeffectively guard against theft of the watch.

Having thus described and explained my invention, 1 claim and desire tosecure by Letters Patent:

1. A watch holder composed of a base and a cover, the base being formedwith a front wall curved to conform to the back of a watch, a rearwardlyextending rim connected to said front wall and adapted to hold a watchspaced away from a supporting surface, the said cover being formed witha front wall curved to conform to the front of a watch and provided withan opening therein to render the watch visible, a rearwardly extendingrim connected to the front wall, and an annular flange connected to therear of said rim, the rim of the cover being provided with an openingfor the passage of a watch stem therethrough, the front walls of thesaid cover and base forming a watch-receiving receptacle with the saidrims spacing said watch-receiving receptacle away from the supportingsur face, the annular flange of said cover being arranged for securementto a supporting surface.

.2. A watch holder composed of a base and a cover, the base being formedwith a front wall curved to conform to the back of a watch a rearwardlyextending conical portion connected to said front Wall, an annularflange connected to said conical portion, said cover being formed with afront wall curved to conform to the front of a watch and provided withan opening therein to render the watch which is therebehind visible, arearwardly extending conical portion connected to the said front wallprovided with an opening therein for the passage of a watch stemtherethrough, and an annular flange connected to said conical portionadapted to overlie the annular flange of the base, the front walls ofsaid cover and base forming a watch-receiving receptacle, the saidconical portions spacing the said watchreceiving receptacle beyond theplane of the said annular flange, the said annular flanges beingarranged for secureinent to a supporting surface.

Signed at New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county of New York andState of New York, this 28th day of J anuary, A. D. 1919.

ALEXANDER MILNE.

Witnesses:

ANNE V. WALSH, FRED A. KUNEMUND.

